(originally published February 28, 2020, updated December 13, 2024) How do you plan your days so you are sure you are working toward your goals in alignment with your values? I know that is what you want to do. But right now you may start each day wondering how you are going to get “everything.”…
When it comes to completing tasks, starting tasks is one of the biggest challenges for ADHD adults. And sometimes once you get started, you might find it’s not that hard to continue working if you can just get started. But when starting is so daunting,you may often procrastinate. Also because you may be used to…
(originally published May 31,2012 updated September 5, 20224 Do you ever struggle to take notes in a meeting? Alternatively, do you take notes sometimes only to later look at them and wonder what they mean. You just can’t make sense of them. And you can’t remember what was said. Unless you take good notes that…
(originally published January 4, 2018, updated August 28, 2024)It can be overwhelming for Adults with ADHD to make decisions among many options. At the same time it may seem that having a lot of options is a good thing. At least according to our consumer culture. But this is not always the case when you…
(originally published February 23, 2014, updated July 24, 2024) You might find it hard to decide what to do each day, wondering where to direct your time and energy. Then you get overwhelmed and confused trying to decide what to do on your runway, GTD lingo for all of your discrete tasks(emails, phone calls, next…
I bet you said to yourself more often than you can count “I know what I need to do, I just need to do it!” and you’re probably frustrated that you have to wait until it feels urgent before you get into action. After all it seems as though everyone else around you can get…
In the previous post, I wrote about what it means to be a perfectionist and how it can affect you. If you haven’t yet read that post, go ahead and check it out. Then if you decide you’re a perfectionist or just curious about perfectionism Read on to learn what you can do to change…
A perfectionist is someone who is unyielding in their pursuit of unrealistically high standards. So, you may wonder what is an unrealistically high standard. Good question. Whether a standard is unrealistically high depends on your capacity and the context. Here are a couple of examples. You might think it doesn’t make sense to strive for…
In the last post, I shared with you the reasons you may procrastinate. If you haven’t read that one, go ahead and read that and then come back here. Because it’s helpful to know the reasons for your procrastination to craft the right workarounds. Because I know that’s what you want to do, right? You…
I know you want to stop procrastinating. If you are like most adults with ADHD, I bet procrastination ranks right up there in the top 3 behaviors you would like to change. I am guessing you have tried many different techniques to do so. But you have not had enough success, yet. You may even…